Long-term use of the wearable cardioverter defibrillator in patients with explanted ICD

To evaluate the effectiveness of wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) use in protecting patients from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) while they were treated in nonhospital settings until re-implantation of an Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) was feasible. We sought to determine whether the WCD could be successfully utilized long term ( ≥1 year) after ICD extraction in patients at continued risk of SCD in which ICD re-implantation was not practical.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - August 10, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Georgy Kaspar, Kumar Sanam, Gunjan Gholkar, Nicole R. Bianco, Steven Szymkiewicz, Dipak Shah Source Type: research